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fu⋅gle

[fyoo-guhl]
–verb (used without object), -gled, -gling. Archaic.
1. to act as a guide or model.
2. to signal, or motion as if signaling.

Origin:
1830–40; back formation from fugleman
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fu·gle   (fyōō'gəl)   
intr.v.   fu·gled, fu·gling, fu·gles Archaic
  1. To act as a fugleman.

  2. To make signals.


[Back-formation from fugleman.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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